Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
ततो मयाऽतिकोपेन नियुक्तो राजयक्ष्मणा । असत्यजल्पको मन्दः कामदेववशं गतः
tato mayā'tikopena niyukto rājayakṣmaṇā | asatyajalpako mandaḥ kāmadevavaśaṃ gataḥ
فلذلك، من فرط غضبي، أنزلتُ به رَاجَيَكشما، داءَ السُّلّ الملكي. ذلك البليد كان ينطق بالكذب، وقد وقع تحت سلطان كاما، إله الشهوة والرغبة.
Dakṣa
Listener: Śiva (implicit audience)
Scene: Dakṣa recounts the curse: a visual of Candra becoming pale and diminished, a shadowy personification of rājayakṣmā approaching; Kāma’s influence hinted by floral arrows or a subtle cupid-like deity in the margins.
FAQs
Uncontrolled desire and false speech lead to downfall, and uncontrolled anger leads to harmful actions—both are shown as sources of suffering.
The verse continues the mythic explanation embedded in the chapter’s tīrtha-mahātmya setting, without naming a separate site.
None directly; it explains the cause of the affliction (rājayakṣmā) in narrative form.